Why Hard Currency Emerging Market Debt Is Back In Focus

Emerging market debt has weathered a long stretch of tight financial conditions - marked by a strong US dollar, higher global ...
Conventus Law

Vietnam’s Crypto Shift: From Grey Area To Restrictive Regime.

From Grey Area To Restrictive Regime. Vietnam launches Resolution 05 (Sep 2025): a landmark 5-year pilot framework ...
Medafrica Times

IFC to Expand Local-Currency Lending to Strengthen African Investment Landscape

The International Finance Corporation announced plans on 3 November 2025 to scale up local-currency lending and direct ...

World Bank's investment arm to boost local-currency lending in Africa

The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's private investment arm, is expanding its local-currency lending and ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Obesity epidemic 'astounding' under new definition of condition, Mass General Brigham researchers say

COULD ACTUALLY BE MUCH MORE ACCURATE. A MARY SALADNA IS IN THE NEWSROOM AND MARY THE RESULTS AREN’T GOOD. NO, THEY’RE NOT, BUT THE RESULTS ARE MORE REALISTIC AND MORE PROOF THAT BODY COMPOSITION ...
New York Post

DoorDash just named the 50 best local pizzerias in the US — here’s where NYC slice shops landed

It’s love at first slice. October is National Pizza Month, and DoorDash is celebrating by dropping its first-ever list of America’s 50 Most Popular Local Pizzerias. After analyzing thousands of ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Rising Call-Option Demand Signals EM Local-Currency Bond Gains

Options traders are betting on at least a 10% gain in emerging-market local-currency bonds over the next three months, turning the most optimistic on the asset class in 16 months. The implied ...
International Monetary Fund

Good Policies (and Good Luck) Helped Emerging Economies Better Resist Shocks

Emerging market economies have held up remarkably well in recent years, even after periods of global financial turbulence. While favorable external conditions (in other words, good luck) often helped, ...
Invezz

Why the Thai baht’s climb against US dollar is concerning for the local economy

Gold exports surged nearly 70%, boosting dollar inflows. Current account surplus reached $13 billion by August. US tariffs redirected investment worth $32.5 billion to Thailand. Thailand’s currency is ...
CNN

Local health departments worry about government shutdown’s effects on staffing, disease outbreaks and nutrition services

The US government’s shutdown is shaking the nation at a time when public health staffing has already been reduced, the threat of disease outbreaks looms, and both the respiratory virus season and ...
The News Herald

BCSO warns of 'foreign currency investment' scam afflicting local residents

The Bay County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about a new foreign currency investment scam. Scammers falsely claim that certain foreign currencies, like the Vietnamese Dong, will be "re-valued" ...
Forbes

Asia’s Stablecoin Strategy: Local Partnerships Beat Global Approaches

The stablecoin market has exploded from virtually nothing to $235 billion in circulation, with Asia-Pacific rapidly catching up in adoption rates. But while global platforms chase worldwide scale, one ...